This day in history: March 19.

I was listening to the radio yesterday morning, while I was getting ready for work. Every week day, the radio station 104.9 broadcasts any major events that took place in history on that particular day. Many of yesterdays mentionings had to do with television. I thought it would be interesting to share some of them.

• In 1928, Amos and Andy, formally known as Sam and Henry, became a national hit.
• In 1953, the Academy Awards were aired on television for the first time. NBC paid $100,000 for the rights to broadcast it on TV and radio.
• In 1977, the last episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show was aired.
• In 1979, the US House of Representative began televising its day-to-day business.

I just thought that some of these events were very interesting, and fairly significant in the history of television.